Comments on: Novartis Cuts 550 Jobs & Shakes Up Management http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/novartis-cuts-550-jobs-shakes-up-management/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:35:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Protected Swiss http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/novartis-cuts-550-jobs-shakes-up-management/#comment-386679 Protected Swiss Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:28:05 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=16700#comment-386679 It is extremely hard to dismiss an employee in Switzerland, don't you know that? You have to pay quite an enormous sum - how many employees over there in Basel do you know who were let go? It is extremely hard to dismiss an employee in Switzerland, don’t you know that? You have to pay quite an enormous sum - how many employees over there in Basel do you know who were let go?

]]> By: Hypocrisy rules http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/novartis-cuts-550-jobs-shakes-up-management/#comment-379343 Hypocrisy rules Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:07:12 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=16700#comment-379343 Judging by the panic and chaos on Novartis board at CF, it is not as benign as you say here. More than 550 jobs are involved if you go by the intensity of the panic and the fact that no one knows the number, yet paople are just disappearing. What seems to be much worse than loseing a job that you don't like anymore and getting a package, is the new territory realignments. If this is Novartis' new business model it is wrong on many levels. First they do not care for environment. How? Their reps are sent to "new" territories 2-3 hours away from the current ones, without the transfer. So imagine the amount of driving and gas use. Most think that this is done as a way to get rid of these reps for no one will survive for too long travaling 4-6 hours per day just to get to and back from the new territory. This mybe a way to "construct dismissal" and some people think that all those reps abused this way should arganize and launch a class action law suit against the company. Others think that such thing will not work in USA because of the lack of employee protection in this country as they have for instance in Canada. Novartis there is not doing anything at this time but they certainly will not try this trick on their reps. The courts would throw at them the biggest book they have and have them pay big time. For those of us who knew this company when it was THE pharma Co. in names like Sandoz or Ciba/Geigy the curren action of this once great company is appaling. Swiss were never like this. It is the "Americanization" of this Co after the merger that lead to such brutality and resultinjg hatred of the company by most employees. Vasella although Swiss by birth and training, as brainwashed into "American" ways while beng treated for mental disorder here. As we all know while in such condition one is easily brainwashed and turned into whatever those who do it want to. It is really surprising he got a new contract for there are all kinds of rumors that he completely lost confidence of everyone in Swiss land. Someone though is backing him. Perhaps his father-in-law still has the power bahind the closed doors. Judging by the panic and chaos on Novartis board at CF, it is not as benign as you say here. More than 550 jobs are involved if you go by the intensity of the panic and the fact that no one knows the number, yet paople are just disappearing.
What seems to be much worse than loseing a job that you don’t like anymore and getting a package, is the new territory realignments. If this is Novartis’ new business model it is wrong on many levels. First they do not care for environment. How? Their reps are sent to “new” territories 2-3 hours away from the current ones, without the transfer. So imagine the amount of driving and gas use. Most think that this is done as a way to get rid of these reps for no one will survive for too long travaling 4-6 hours per day just to get to and back from the new territory.
This mybe a way to “construct dismissal” and some people think that all those reps abused this way should arganize and launch a class action law suit against the company. Others think that such thing will not work in USA because of the lack of employee protection in this country as they have for instance in Canada. Novartis there is not doing anything at this time but they certainly will not try this trick on their reps. The courts would throw at them the biggest book they have and have them pay big time.
For those of us who knew this company when it was THE pharma Co. in names like Sandoz or Ciba/Geigy the curren action of this once great company is appaling.
Swiss were never like this. It is the “Americanization” of this Co after the merger that lead to such brutality and resultinjg hatred of the company by most employees. Vasella although Swiss by birth and training, as brainwashed into “American” ways while beng treated for mental disorder here. As we all know while in such condition one is easily brainwashed and turned into whatever those who do it want to.
It is really surprising he got a new contract for there are all kinds of rumors that he completely lost confidence of everyone in Swiss land. Someone though is backing him. Perhaps his father-in-law still has the power bahind the closed doors.

]]> By: shelly http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/novartis-cuts-550-jobs-shakes-up-management/#comment-378754 shelly Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:40:47 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=16700#comment-378754 what is the exact head count of the sales force prior to the cut of 550? what is the exact head count of the sales force prior to the cut of 550?

]]> By: Ed Silverman http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/novartis-cuts-550-jobs-shakes-up-management/#comment-378618 Ed Silverman Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:58:52 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=16700#comment-378618 Thanks, Lichtstrasse. Sometimes, I simply type too quickly. Moreover, thanks for the insights. ed Thanks, Lichtstrasse. Sometimes, I simply type too quickly. Moreover, thanks for the insights.

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]]> By: Lichtstrasse 35 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/10/novartis-cuts-550-jobs-shakes-up-management/#comment-378614 Lichtstrasse 35 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:45:34 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=16700#comment-378614 Hi Ed: It's Ebeling, not Eberling. Regarding staff cuts this is not as bad as many inside the company thought it would be. Reinhardt goes way back with Vasella, Epstein gets more juice, and Ebeling's departure is no surprise since he was essentially demoted a year ago. It will be interesting to see how the contract extension of Vasella affects the relationship with Roche. Hi Ed: It’s Ebeling, not Eberling. Regarding staff cuts this is not as bad as many inside the company thought it would be. Reinhardt goes way back with Vasella, Epstein gets more juice, and Ebeling’s departure is no surprise since he was essentially demoted a year ago. It will be interesting to see how the contract extension of Vasella affects the relationship with Roche.

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